News & Events

Two Carmel Tree Walks will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 16, 2018. The tour will be led by Dr. Matt Ritter, a beloved botany professor in the Biological Sciences Department at Cal Poly. Admission is free for members, $20 for non-members, with each tour limited to 30 people. To reserve a space, RSVP to treewalk@carmelforest.org.

Dr. Ritter will also be giving a lecture on Friday evening, June 15 at 5 PM at Carmel Women's Club. He will be signing his new book, California Plants: A Guide to Our Iconic Flora. The book is a definitive guide for exploring over 500 species of California plants with photographs, descriptions and natural history stories. Open to the public, light refreshments will be served.

Over 180 people came to watch Intelligent Trees at Sunset Center and stayed for a Q&A session with ecologist Nikki Nedoff. Many thanks to the Carmel Resident Association, LesserEvil Healthy Brands for donating delicious popcorn, and everyone who helped make this a memorable evening!

Join us Wednesday, September 27 at 5 PM at Sunset Center for this ground breaking 45-minute film presented by local biologist Nikki Nedeff. German foresterer Peter Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of Trees, and forest ecologist Suzanne Simard, show how trees communicate and care for one another.

Carmel Tree WalksLed by Sairus Patel

Sairus Patel is a board member of Pacific Horticulture and former board member of Canopy in Palo Alto, CA. He has been a guest lecturer at Stanford University where he has led tree walks there for various educational programs. He has also revised and expanded the Trees of Stanford online project.

Barbara Livingston with her new Centennial Tree on Ocean Avenue. The Monterey Pine is dedicated to her mother, Marjorie L. Timmins. The founding president of Friends of Carmel Forest, Barbara is the president of the Carmel Resident's Association.